James Brown is fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young

LEJOG cycle ride for CRY - July 2008

Land's End to John o'Groats cycle ride for CRY

on 21/07/2008

Katrina Brown 1975-2006

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Team members:

Nigel, Tom, James & Graham

Raising money for

Cardiac Risk in the Young

Charity Registration No. 1050845

Hundreds of young people die unexpectedly of heart defects every year. CRY works to raise awareness of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and campaigns for proactive screening of young people. It offers help and support to those who have suffered a loss, provides medical information, carries out Mobile Cardiac Screening and ECG Testing Programmes within local communities and contributes to medical research. For more information please go to www.c-r-y.org.uk

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James Brown

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Raised: 87%

Target: £30,000.00
Raised so far: £25,981.07

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My story

We did it! At around 18:30 on Wednesday 30th July we reached John o'Groats, having cycled 939 miles over 10 days. It was very tough on our bodies, but we really enjoyed the experience. More importantly, with your help, we have raised an incredible amount of money for CRY. Thank you all so much. To see some photos and stories from the trip, visit http://lejog4cry.blogspot.com

If you haven't yet sponsored us, it's not too late either!!!

Our challenge is to cycle the 950 miles from Land's End to John o'Groats in 10 days, and in doing so raise money for a charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

We chose to fundraise for CRY following the death of my wife Katrina 18 months ago. She was just 30 years old. Although she was incredibly fit and healthy, she had a heart abnormality which nobody including her knew about until she collapsed and died at the finish line of the British 10k. The abnormality would have been detected had she had a simple heart scan. CRY's main aim is to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death of people aged 35 and under - of which experts believe there are at least 8 a week in the UK, and to promote screening of young people to help prevent tragedies like Katrina's happening.

Any money you donate will help save lives of young people in the UK, and mean that many families will be saved from the heartache and sorrow we are living with.

Thank you so much,

James, Nigel, Tom and Graham

To find out more about our ride visit www.lejog4cry.co.uk

	Well done on the ride James and the great work you and your friends are doing Donation by Louise Godfrey 20/09/08	£25.00
	Donation by IPC Media 15/09/08	£150.00
	Well done! Donation by Toma Arpino 15/09/08	£10.00
	Congrats! Donation by Rich Slater 12/09/08	£25.00
	Well done James on an amazing challenge in memory of Katrina. Donation by Ian Wallace 02/09/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Congratulations on your excellent achievement for a great cause. Well Done Donation by Samantha Gleadall - NatWest Bank 01/09/08	£100.00
	well done Tom, very late to sponsor but we were wishing you on honest! xxx Donation by Lydia and Nikos 27/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Success fee as promised - well done guys. Donation by Hugh 18/08/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	A very touching supreme effort Donation by Wendy Hopkins 18/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Awesome work guys - well done on completing the ride! I would have sponsored you more if you'd done the return leg! Donation by Randall 17/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	An amazing effort - Congratulations Donation by Alana 17/08/08	£20.00
	nice one chap! Donation by benny 16/08/08	£10.00
	Congratulations on an incredible journey- bravo! Donation by The Mitchells 15/08/08	£400.00 + £112.82 Gift Aid
	Read about you all in the Chronicle. Very well done. Donation by Janice King 15/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Mr. Collins Donation by Fielden Family 14/08/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Brillillilliant Donation by Frances 13/08/08	£20.00
	Well done to you all from Nia's mum and dad Donation by Joan and Richard Lloyd 11/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You are all fantastic people Donation by Anonymous 08/08/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	well done - such an amazing feat Donation by The Bostocks 07/08/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	A massive thank you to all the generous people we met during the 10 days who made donations to CRY Donation by Members of the public who donated along the way 06/08/08	£231.96
	Well done Nigel. Great blog! Donation by Annette Mascarenhas 06/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Fantastic achievement, well done to you all! Donation by Michael and Claire Fraser 04/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Huge congratulations! Hope you all spent the weekend in the pub! x Donation by James & Claire Mitchell 04/08/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done guys - great achievement! So proud of you JB. All our love xx Donation by Ags and Ali 04/08/08	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	An amazing effort. Congrats to all of the team!!! Donation by Mark Smith 04/08/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well Done Gra and team! Donation by Simon Long + Family 03/08/08	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	An absolutely fantastic achievement. We're so proud of you Bro. A wonderful team effort! xxx Donation by J&S 03/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done James Donation by Margaret 03/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Andrew has just told us about this James, congratulations on a wonderful achievment Donation by Janet and Graham 03/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done lads. Donation by JH and iCAP colleagues 01/08/08	£210.00

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* Total raised online:	£11,329.07
Offline donations:	£14,652.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£2,655.82

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